Chinese performance artist Lei Wei uses mirrors, metal wires and scaffolding to create mind-bending illusions of life threatening realities.

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Are you as hyped as I am on the sound bike scene that’s brewing in New York’s Queens borough?

The movement, fueled by a group of ingenious, base loving Trinida-­dian teenagers - obsessed with souping up their bikes with massive soundsystems - has led to the production of a short documentary titled Made In Queens that examines the scene.

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Today was mad hectic at the agency. All three floors of the shop were buzzing with creative energy/activity. All day people came and went from the Radar space, and the hour hand on the clock swirled at a rapid rate.

Let’s travel back in time:

3:00 PM: I need a break. My eyes are burning from starring at a 25″monitor, my throat’s parched and my back needs a stretch. A temporary disconnect from all things digital is mandatory. I get up and saunter over to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of Joe, mix in two creams, stir and sip. Not yet ready to return to the vortex of the interwebs, I grab the latest copy of Theme magazine, sprawl myself over a couple of bosu balls, and begin flipping through the pages. An article on page 28 of the Apr/May/08 edition captures my attention. I read on.

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Is W+K all about promoting chaos? You decide. Their recent print/outdoor campaign for Nike is accused of flagrant gay bashing by loads of commenters on the W+K site where the work is posted. I’m not sure there’s anything homophobic about these ads. Don’t NBA players love rimming? According to a gay commenter on Gawker, “It’s not balls in face that ain’t right. It’s balls in face without consent.” Also, check out this video on W+K 12. Note the shirtless dude near the end of the video with a raccoon wrapped around his shoulders. Interesting.

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Step 1. Read our post Reggae Top 10 of All Time.

Step 2. Sit back, roll a number, spark it and hit play. Enjoy!

Track Listing:

Jacob Miller - Backyard Movements
Bob Marley - Keep On Skanking
The Congos - Children Crying
Desmond Dekker - 007/Shanty Town
Sugar Minott - Oh Mr. DC

Technorati estimates that the blogosphere has doubled in size every six moths for the last three years. On average, 175,000 new blogs are introduced to the web each day. For the typical individual/organization, keeping up with, communicating and making sense of this data is difficult/impossible. How then, can one effectively communicate what is happening on the web in ways that are simple to understand? Cue data visualization, a technique used since the dawn of man to communicate both abstract and concrete ideas through images, diagrams and animations.

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